Bibb County renews rivalry with rout of Tigers

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Oct 23, 2010 at 12:39 AM

After 27 years, the Bibb County High School football team renewed its rivalry with West Blocton on Friday night.

By Trey HickmanSpecial to The Tuscaloosa News

CENTREVILLE | After 27 years, the Bibb County High School football team renewed its rivalry with West Blocton on Friday night.It proved a rude reacquainting for West Blocton. Although the two schools are separated by roughly 15 miles, the intra-county match-up showcased a substantially wider gap in performance. Behind a vaunted running game that stockpiled 300 yards on 27 carries, Bibb County throttled the visiting Tigers 62-0.The Choctaws’ onslaught of points began with the opening kickoff, thanks to an 80-yard touchdown return by junior Jalen Goree. From there, the Class 4A, Region 4 contest dubbed the “Rumble on the River” was characterized by a C.J. Cutts-led rushing attack and stifling Bibb County defense. Cutts, a junior, led the way with eight carries for a robust 147 yards and three touchdowns. Brett Seales, Donnarius Jones and Taylor Morton each added a score on the ground, as did junior Akeem Dobyne. The Choctaws’ projected starter at tailback heading into the 2010 campaign, Dobyne celebrated his first game back following a preseason ankle injury with an 18-yard touchdown.Bibb County, 9-0 overall, improved to 7-0 as the region champion. West Blocton fell to 4-5 overall, 4-3 in the region.For West Blocton, senior quarterback Jacob Lindsey had seven carries for 23 yards, while junior running back Patrick Smith gained 20 yards on five rushes as the Tigers managed 125 yards of total offense.“The thing is, we got so many guys starting for the first time,” said West Blocton head coach Greg Farnetti. “This is a good learning experience to see what, you know, what it takes in the trenches to be physical. I mean, they’ve got a very good football team. They’re big, fast, strong. We’ve been saying that all along.”When it comes to No. 4-ranked Bibb County’s hopes for a state title, it’s all about the guys up front.“Well, as our coaches said, as long as we stick together and talk on the O-line, we’ll be all right. We’ll go all the way this year,” said Marvell Bell, a 6-foot-3, 310-pound senior offensive lineman. That’s all we got to do.”Bibb County travels to Pleasant Grove next Friday.West Blocton will plays its homecoming game next Friday night against Northside.